But the new yearlong faculty review found that most UC admissions officers offset that bias by considering an applicant’s high school and neighborhood demographics in evaluating the standardized test scores. However, the review found that “UC admissions practices do not fully make up for disparities that persist along lines of race and class.”The UC faculty report rejects making standardized tests optional for admission, as more than 1,000 colleges and universities have done. The UC Students Assn. Faculty also were concerned about the possible impact on Smarter Balanced if turned into a high-stakes test for UC admission. In 2018, only 1.3% of 12,500 who were denied admission at their first-choice schools but offered admission to UC Merced chose to enroll there.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 03, 2020 18:33 UTC